…Heraclius raids as far as Samosata before …
Years: 699 - 699
…Heraclius raids as far as Samosata before returning safely to the Empire in the spring of 699.
This success only serves to provoke a massive Arab response: over the next few years, the Caliphate's generals Muhammad ibn Marwan and Abdallah ibn Abd al-Malik will launch a series of campaigns that will conquer what remains of Roman Armenia, without Heraclius being able to respond effectively.
Locations
People
Groups
- Arab people
- Slavs, South
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Heraclian dynasty
- Opsikian Theme
- Anatolic Theme
- Armeniac Theme
- Armenia, Ostikanate of
- Umayyad Caliphate (Damascus)
- Bulgarian Empire (First)
Topics
- Famines and plagues 400 to 800
- Byzantine Papacy
- Arab-Byzantine Wars
- Muslim conquest of the Maghreb
- Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
- Byzantine-Muslim War of 692-718
